A city of great history, living and thriving within castle walls that date back to the middle ages. (Japanese:中世の 城壁を 活かした 歴史ある 街A historic city that takes advantage of its castle walls from the middle ages.)
Hammerlocke Vault is a building located on the west side of the city and is supervised byRaihan. It houses four tapestries depicting the history of Galar and theDarkest Day.
The stadium also houses theMacro CosmosEnergy Plant, which can be accessed by taking an elevator from the lobby. The Energy Plant also has another elevator that leads to thetower summit at the top of the stadium.
Hammerlocke Station
Hammerlocke Station is located in the northeast of the city. The train can be ridden from here once the player has earned theFairy Badge.
Theplayer can catch a train from this station to the following locations:
White Hill Station (once the player has earned theDragon Badge and talked with Hop and Raihan, which only triggers after walking into the station and not from taking the train.)
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
InCatching the Aura of Fate!, Raihan was seen in Hammerlocke, preparing for his upcoming World Coronation Series match with Ash. The match occurred in thefollowing episode, taking place at the Hammerlocke Stadium. After a challenging battle, Ash was able to best Raihan in the season's last entrance battle, granting him a place in the Masters Eight.
InThump!! The Gazing Sage, whenHenry arrived at the Hammerlocke entrance, Raihan challenged him to a battle and beat him. He explained that due to him constantly losing againstLeon, he was in need of material of himself being victorious in battle to post in the social media. Afterwards, he took Henry to the vault, where they foundSonia being attacked by awildOranguru. When Sonia explained that it had started attacking her after she had accidentally stepped on its fan, Henry figured out that it was mad because the fur on its fan had gotten messed up. After he had tidied up the fan with a brush, Oranguru calmed down and even asked to becaught by Henry, which he agreed to.Afterwards, they entered the vault and examined the four tapestries present there. After rejoining withCasey and meetingOpal, Henry traveled toStow-on-Side with them.
InRising!! Opal of Ballonlea,Bede was in Hammerlocke afterChairman Rose had revoked his Gym Challenger status, receiving a letter sent for him by Opal just as a big quake shook the city. InStealth!! Infiltrate the Energy Plant, Raihan managed to convince Leon into focusing his attention on protecting the civilians while he investigated what had happened, sneaking into theEnergy Plant. He was soon found out by Chairman Rose, who explained the quake away as a failed experiment, although Raihan didn't buy it.
InRumble!! The Horrific Darkest Day, following Chairman Rose starting the Darkest Day, a pair ofInterviewers started a live broadcast from Hammerlocke to cover the event, soon noticingEternatus flying down from the sky. They were then approached by Sordward and Shielbert, who revealed Eternatus's identity to them and presented themselves as descendants of the heroes who had once defeated it in the ancient past. Later, most of the GalarGym Leaders, Henry, Casey, Leon, Sonia,Hop,Marnie, and Bede pursued them to the Energy Plant, where they encountered Chairman Rose, who let them observe a live feed of Sordward and Shielbert battling Eternatus on thetower summit. When the two brothers failed to defeat Eternatus, Rose challenged it himself, but was defeated as well, leaving it to the Gym Leaders and their allies to battle theGigantic Pokémon. During the battle, it transformed into itsEternamax form.
The Gym Leaders were eventually defeated by Eternatus, following whichZacian andZamazenta joined the battle. InOh My!! The Disappearance of Henry, when thelegendary heroes attacked Eternatus, the threeLegendary Pokémon, along with Henry and theRusted Sword andShield, disappeared in a brilliant flash of light. While the people who had been injured the worst during the battle were being treated at the Hammerlocke hospital, Casey reviewed theDrone Rotom footage of the battle, noticing that Henry and the artifacts had actually disappeared moments before Eternatus, which led her to figuring out that he was likelyteleported away by an unseen Pokémon.
InBom Bom!! Kubfu and Intense Training, the antidote for Eternatus's poison was shared amongst the people recovering in Hammerlocke, though its side effect caused everyone's hair to grow to drastic proportions.
InShing!! Final Form, Eternatus was revealed to have reappeared at Hammerlocke, with a group ofGigantamax Pokémon having gathered around the stadium to protect it. A group of Sordward and Shielbert's supporters tried to demand the two's release from prison, but Oleana refused to accept their demands. With Henry, Casey, andMarvin's own Gigantamax Pokémon defeating the Pokémon guarding Hammerlocke and Bede's GigantamaxHatterene forcing Eternatus down from the clouds, Zacian and Zamazenta were able to reach and defeat it. Following Casey's pleads,Macro Cosmos agreed to leave Eternatus free in the hopes of people learning to coexist with it. While the press tried to praise Henry, Casey, and their friends as heroes, Casey, Leon, andPiers gave that honor to Zacian and Zamazenta instead, not wanting to risk more people like Sordward and Shielbert coming about by starting to label more humans as heroes.
Hammerlocke has the fewest stores than any other city in theGalarregion, with just three: the cafeteria, the salon, and the boutique.
As seen from afar, the city is shaped like a flying dragon, with the entrance being the head, the platforms forming its wings, and the castle towers resembling its tail.
It is possible that Hammerlocke University is based on either Cambridge or Oxford University; both prestigious institutions founded in the Middle Ages.
A femaleGym Trainer in the Hammerlocke Vault claims Hammerlocke as the historical center ofGalar. The fourth tapestry in the Vault also depicts theFirst kings of Galar being crowned outside the city.
Hammerlocke may be based onBirmingham, the second-largest city in Britain. The city features an extensive canal network known as theBirmingham Canal Navigations.
As mentioned in the city slogan, the appearance of Hammerlocke takes its inspiration fromMedieval architecture.
